I’ve always thought making something seem easy to do/understand is a great sign of skill of expertise. Creating that sense of “effortlessness” tends to take a lot of effort and thought, in all domains. So my own heuristic would be the opposite.
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I see people berating others in Psychology "but it's too simple" or "obviously duh" essentially. Sad but true. Of course if it's so obvious and simple, you wonder why didn't they do it?
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Lol yes I’ve always felt that that’s the worst “critique” ever. No substance, no scientific relevance...
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Can carry a lot of weight though if it's your peer reviewers.
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You’d think if the peer reviewers find a paper too difficult to follow perhaps they’re not the best suited reviewers for the job. But then when they can follow, they think it’s unworthy??? That’s quite the puzzle.
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I have directly experienced leaders of the field doing the former in writing.
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I wasn’t suggesting you didn’t of course; no doubt it happens. I just hope it’s not a prevalent attitude and our colleagues are (at times) capable of appreciating good work without bells and whistles.
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In my experiences, almost all biases prevalent in society more generally are present in science too (sometimes in attenuated form, but nonetheless there).
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Of course. But my point is that (1) I am not certain “complicated/verbose is good” is a common bias/heuristic at the general population level, and (2) verboseness in scientific writing is an outcome of more complex processes than a simple heuristic.
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I didn't say it was common, merely that I have seen it manifest enough times to have formed this memory.
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I think within the individuals I have seen it, they themselves do it often. But on a population level, I cannot really know how prevalent. Enough that I have noticed it within certain groups.
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